Variables - Precisely_EnterWorks - EnterWorks - 11.0

The shorthand notation of a variable consists of a leading "$" character followed by a VTL Identifier. A VTL Identifier must start with an alphabetic character (a ... z or A ... Z). The rest of the characters are limited to the following types of characters:

• alphabetic (a .. z, A .. Z)
• numeric (0 .. 9)
• hyphen ("-")
• underscore ("_")

Here are some examples of valid variable references in the VTL:

$foo
$mudSlinger
$mud-slinger
$mud_slinger
$mudSlinger1

When VTL references a variable, such as $foo, the variable can get its value from either a set directive in the template, or from the Java code. For example, if the Java variable $foo has the value bar at the time the template is requested, bar replaces all instances of $foo on the Web page. Alternatively, if you include the statement

#set ($foo = "bar")

The output will be the same for all instances of $foo that follow this directive.